Kresge Research Guides: Food & Foodservice Industries: Getting Started

Researching the Food & Foodservice Industries

Research guide includes resources that you may use to find material on the food industry in the United States and beyond. Foodservice is a term commonly used in these resources to cover the restaurant industry.

Top Food Industry Resources at Kresge Library

Euromonitor Passport
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- Industry, demographic, consumer and economic data for numerous countries worldwide. Includes demographic and economic forecast data, data on thousands of consumer brands, full-text market analysis reports, and Euromonitor International market data for hundreds of products in nearly 50 countries.
- GMID covers the food and food service sectors very well. For foodservice - search for restaurants.
Video tutorials:
- Euromonitor International YouTube Channel
Mintel
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- Research reports covering the US and European marketplace. Each market research report combines data and analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis consumer profiles, and demographic issues.
- Mintel has two relevant categories - Food and Drink, & Foodservice
IBISWorld Industry Reports
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- Analysis of growth trends, influencing factors, competitive environment, and key issues facing industries, including information on key personnel and financials for leading publicly traded companies. Archival reports are available for each industry with some back to 2001.
- Great source of a large variety of food and foodservice sectors in the US, Worldwide and China. This resource includes many reports on different types of restaurants in the United States as well.
ABI/INFORM Collection
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- Academic and industry-oriented business periodical literature, with full-text access to selected newspapers.
- Access to news and trade publications that cover the food sector.
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